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My next tip is to be sure and mark your photos with the date. It’s upsetting to be working on a large photo project and come across photos and materials that aren’t dated.

You can write on the back of the photos with an archival-quality pen. If you use a fine point Sharpie, be sure and read the information that comes with the pen to determine if it’s archival quality.

If your archival pen isn’t handy, put the photos in an envelope and write the date on it

If you want to donate your photos to a public archive, you’ll also need to identify the people in the photo and indicate the city, as well as the date.

Another tip: Begin gathering up your photos and put them in a box if they’re scattered throughout your house. Then, when you have your materials ready, you can spend a rainy day organizing your photos.

After four days of hard photo work, I felt like I never wanted to see another printed photo. However, I realized I haven’t printed many of my digital photos lately.

The new method I’ve come up with is to make a file on my Desktop for the current month. I’ll put two or three photos from each event in it. I’ve been printing out one- or two-dozen photos for each event. That’s too many.

At the end of the month, I’ll send my photos to Walgreens for printing. I used to take them to Ritz Camera, but they closed their stores in Washington state last year.

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